TD Bank
Inside TD Bank’s Toronto flagship, a glass-lined interior opens upward, defined by tall ceilings and expansive window walls. A field of aluminum battens wrapped in a hyper-realistic wood-grain finish moves across the glazing, carrying the texture and visual weight of timber through the space.
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Type
Retail, Workplace
Client
TD Bank
Location
Toronto - Ontario CA
Designer
Autside Agency, Red Studio Architects
Challenge
TD Bank’s Toronto flagship sits at one of the city’s busiest intersections and features a glass-lined interior with soaring ceilings and large window walls. The scale of the space required a material approach that could introduce warmth while maintaining the openness of the architecture. Red Studio Architects and Autside Agency also needed a way to organize the interior around service areas, technology zones, and circulation paths—and to meet the fire rating requirements of a Canadian high-rise, which shaped the material conversation from early in the process.
Solution
Working with Red Studio Architects and Autside Agency, B+N Industries introduced the Fortina system to help structure the interior architecture. Fabricated in aluminum and finished with a hyper-realistic wood-grain texture, the system brought the visual presence of timber while meeting the fire code requirements of the building.
Autside Agency led the brand direction, ensuring the material selection aligned with TD’s broader design evolution toward comfort and openness. Red Studio Architects handled technical integration, working closely with B+N’s team on shop drawings to coordinate batten spacing with the window mullions and HVAC registers. B+N provided physical samples, engineering data, and industry expertise throughout, bridging the design intent and the construction requirements.
The battens extend across the glazing and continue through the branch, linking the window wall with service areas deeper in the space. Along the perimeter, the vertical elements create a rhythmic screen, filtering daylight and providing privacy for customers inside. Behind teller and technology zones, the system forms a backdrop for staff work areas and defines points of interaction within the open plan. Overhead, the lines extend into the ceiling plane, lowering the perceived height in specific zones and directing attention toward service hubs and digital displays.
Installation logistics were a central consideration given the location and the timeline of the opening. Fortina’s pre-finished aluminum construction meant components arrived on site ready to install, with no sanding, staining, or drying time required. The lighter weight of the material simplified installation along the tall window wall, and the dimensional stability of aluminum kept the batten lines precisely parallel across the full height of the glazing.
